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joining us now is jonathan hafetz. thanks for being here. >> my pleasure. >> i am making the process of what it would take to close guantanamo simpler than what it would be than what be the dispensation of all of the prisoners. if congress changed its mind, though, and decided to stop the administration from blocking it, that plan that they work working on in 2009 and 2010, could they still do it? >> absolutely. the main obstacle now is the political obstacle and the legal obstacle, the legislation that congress has put in place that bars the transfer of any guantanamo detainee to the united states for any purpose, federal trial, or even continued detention. so once if that legislation were to stop, the administration could bring detainees here. in addition, it's important to mention that approximately half of the prisoners at guantanamo, over 80 of the prisoners there have been cleared for release by the administration. so these are people the administration says we don't even want to hold anymore. but congress has pl
joining us now is jonathan hafetz. thanks for being here. >> my pleasure. >> i am making the process of what it would take to close guantanamo simpler than what it would be than what be the dispensation of all of the prisoners. if congress changed its mind, though, and decided to stop the administration from blocking it, that plan that they work working on in 2009 and 2010, could they still do it? >> absolutely. the main obstacle now is the political obstacle and the legal...
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and also, the small size, that didn't help us either. >> hakeem, what are the chances of us seeing something like that, i mean in a lifetime? how rare is this? >> it's really small. if this were to happen in the daytime in the bright daylight in an over the ocean, which is most of the earth, no one would see it, of course, right? so a lot of the earth is uninhabited. so the fact that we saw it and the fact that it was captured on camera is amazing. >> derrick pitts and hakeem oluseyi, thank you so much for joining us tonight. i appreciate it. >> it's a pleasure, ed. >> and that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. after the last mid-term elects in 2010, the one where the republicans did so well, after those mid-terms, the first major special election that got a lot of national attention ended up being this one, right? the scott brown senate race in massachusetts. long-time democratic senator ted kennedy had died during his term in office. so they held a special election to fill ted kennedy's seat in january 2011. after the november '10 mid terms. republ
and also, the small size, that didn't help us either. >> hakeem, what are the chances of us seeing something like that, i mean in a lifetime? how rare is this? >> it's really small. if this were to happen in the daytime in the bright daylight in an over the ocean, which is most of the earth, no one would see it, of course, right? so a lot of the earth is uninhabited. so the fact that we saw it and the fact that it was captured on camera is amazing. >> derrick pitts and hakeem...
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and also, the small size, that didn't help us either. >> hakeem, what are the chances of us seeing something like that, i mean in a lifetime? how rare is this? >> it's really small. if this were to happen in the daytime in the bright daylight in an over the ocean, which is most of the earth, no one would see it, of course, right? so a lot of the earth is uninhabited. so the fact that we saw it and the fact that it was captured on camera is amazing. >> derrick pitts and hakeem oluseyi, thank you so much for joining us tonight. i appreciate it. >> it's a pleasure, ed. >> and that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. you know, rachel, the russians must have thought they were getting bombed or something. i mean, the videotape, and so many people that caught this is just absolutely amazing. it's really pictures we've never seen before. >> the fact that there was so much video of it is amazing. but ed, there is actually at least one russian politician who is a truther on this matter and who says it wasn't a meteor at all. he has another theory. we're going to
and also, the small size, that didn't help us either. >> hakeem, what are the chances of us seeing something like that, i mean in a lifetime? how rare is this? >> it's really small. if this were to happen in the daytime in the bright daylight in an over the ocean, which is most of the earth, no one would see it, of course, right? so a lot of the earth is uninhabited. so the fact that we saw it and the fact that it was captured on camera is amazing. >> derrick pitts and hakeem...
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our girls got us thinking, but the break-in got us calling. and after buying two of everything, it was nice to only need one security system -- adt. [ male announcer ] get adt installed for just $99. and ask about adt pulse, advanced home management here today. adt. always there. ♪ but will it stay fabulous 'til 5 o'clock? it will if it's new outlast stay fabulous foundation from covergirl. what makes it so flawless hour after hour? primer, concealer and foundation, all in one. get the longwear that survives the 9 to 5, fabulously. new outlast stay fabulous foundation from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. >>> oh my god! >> thank you. >> the new phone book is here, the new phone book is here! >> today i got something that i wait for all yearlong. today something arrived at our office that every year when it comes makes me leap around the office like the steve martin character nathan johnson on phone book delivery day. today, today, today is the day that the cpac schedule came out. the cpac 2013 program is here. it's here, it's here, it's he
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and eliot spitzer live here with us tonight. please stay with us. i'm serious, we compare our direct rates side by side to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually, we invented that. it's like a sauna in here. helping you save, even if it's not with us -- now, that's progressive! call or click today. no mas pantalones! ♪ don't know what i'd do ♪ i'd have nothing to prove [ male announcer ] introducing the celebration diamond collection. zales is the diamond store. let love shine. you ready? [ female announcer ] second kid by their second kid, every mom is an expert and more likely to choose luvs. after thousands of diaper changes, they know what works. luvs lock away wetness better than huggies for a fraction of the cost live, learn, & get luvs. [ whispering ] that's crazy, the cookie's the best part. crème. cookie. crème. cookie. [ whispering ] crème. [ whispering ] cookie. [ whispering ] crème. [ whispering ] cookie. [ whispering ] crème. [ whispering ] cookie
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thanks for staying with us this hour. i like to think of this show as a wholesome way to spend an hour. a show you can watch with your kids if they're not in bed by now. most of the time, "the rachel maddow show" is safe family viewing. if you are watching with the kids right now, you might consider asking them to run to the kitchen to grab a snack for a sec or maybe cover their eyes and ears. the most recent details to come out of freedomworks i think may possibly be rated r. david corn of mother jones magazine has been getting all the details on that implosion at freedomworks. and he repeated most recently on a freedomworks promotional video which the group apparently planned to show to thousands of their supporters at a big conference called free pac. now i'm not going to read the words that are on your screen right now that describe what was in that video. you can read it for yourself while you cover the eyes of your child. this is what adam brandon, the vice president executive president of freedomworks asked two fem
thanks for staying with us this hour. i like to think of this show as a wholesome way to spend an hour. a show you can watch with your kids if they're not in bed by now. most of the time, "the rachel maddow show" is safe family viewing. if you are watching with the kids right now, you might consider asking them to run to the kitchen to grab a snack for a sec or maybe cover their eyes and ears. the most recent details to come out of freedomworks i think may possibly be rated r. david...
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poop, to use the polite word you just used. >> and they thought it was hilarious. that's why they were joking the terms. >> give them credit for the good sense of humor. you read the e-mails. they made up new lyric tots the song "burning down the house." they're clever, but malicious and dangerous. listen to this one excerpt from page 46 of the complaint today. they said they could have released a revised better system of the rating system if we didn't have to massage the all day prime numbers to preserve market share. what does that mean? they wanted market share and profits over integrity. it's the same story we saw for over a decade on wall street where integrity was thrown overboard to preserve profits. they lied. >> the idea that there were people on wall street, that the ratings agencies would play the role of cop, of keeping everybody is honest is how they deflected any idea that there should be government regulation. >> this was the old line self-regulation. we have a mechanism in place to make sure we will not defraud you the public and the marketplace. of
poop, to use the polite word you just used. >> and they thought it was hilarious. that's why they were joking the terms. >> give them credit for the good sense of humor. you read the e-mails. they made up new lyric tots the song "burning down the house." they're clever, but malicious and dangerous. listen to this one excerpt from page 46 of the complaint today. they said they could have released a revised better system of the rating system if we didn't have to massage the...
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or at least you used to be. because now republicans have come up with yet another innovation for this most ancient american political ritual. they were the first ones who came up with the rebuttal address in 1966. and now since barack obama has been president, they have come up with a new idea. the idea of doing not just a rebuttal to the president's state of the union address, but also a rebuttal to their own rebuttal. what? yes. for the third year in a row now, republicans are rebutting themselves as well as rebutting the president. what could possibly go wrong? the first year was 2011 when minnesota congresswoman and eventual presidential candidate michele bachmann gave not the republican party response, but the tea party republican response to the republican response to president obama's state of the union while making meaningful eye contact with something other than the camera that was pointed at her. that was the first one. the year after that, the tea party republican response to the republican response t
or at least you used to be. because now republicans have come up with yet another innovation for this most ancient american political ritual. they were the first ones who came up with the rebuttal address in 1966. and now since barack obama has been president, they have come up with a new idea. the idea of doing not just a rebuttal to the president's state of the union address, but also a rebuttal to their own rebuttal. what? yes. for the third year in a row now, republicans are rebutting...
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they were the ones telling us things that were not true to get us to start a war. it was not that long ago. this is our first preview clip from the new msnbc documentary that's going to premiere on monday about how that deception went down and whether we have learned from it and whether we might be susceptible to the same kind of thing again if anybody ever tries to do that to us again. watch. >> atta, mohammed atta.
they were the ones telling us things that were not true to get us to start a war. it was not that long ago. this is our first preview clip from the new msnbc documentary that's going to premiere on monday about how that deception went down and whether we have learned from it and whether we might be susceptible to the same kind of thing again if anybody ever tries to do that to us again. watch. >> atta, mohammed atta.
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they were the ones telling us things that were not true to get us to start a war. it was not that long ago. this is our first preview clip from the new msnbc documentary that's going to premiere on monday about how that deception went down and whether we have learned from it and whether we might be susceptible to the same kind of thing again if anybody ever tries to do that to us again. watch. >> atta, mohammed atta. leader of 9/11's hijackings. from prague comes a report of a photograph allegedly showing atta meeting with a high-ranking iraqi intelligence officer. the photograph of the supposed meeting is never made publicly available. >> mohammed atta was a slight guy. 5'6" and skinny. the guy in the photograph was muck lar and thick and had a neck the size of two of my necks. that's not mohammed atta in the photograph. send it to the lab anyway. in my mind it's put to bed. >> but even without definitive evidence, the vice president goes public with it. >> it's been pretty well confirmed that he did go to prague and he did meet with a senior official of the iraqi
they were the ones telling us things that were not true to get us to start a war. it was not that long ago. this is our first preview clip from the new msnbc documentary that's going to premiere on monday about how that deception went down and whether we have learned from it and whether we might be susceptible to the same kind of thing again if anybody ever tries to do that to us again. watch. >> atta, mohammed atta. leader of 9/11's hijackings. from prague comes a report of a photograph...
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very slow-moving day. >> let us vote! let us vote! let us vote! >> i've been waiting here since 12:30 to pick up an absentee ballot, and now they're telling us we've got to go home. that's just ridiculous. >> i'm not leaving. this is democracy. whoever you vote for, you should vote. >> this is not cuba. this is not china. we cannot allow this to happen. >> i have not seen a line this long in a very long time. >> these voters arrived around 7:30 this morning. they're nearly to the front of the line. they've waited two and a half hours. and down the line a bit, these folks arrived around 8:00. their estimated wait time more than three hours. and around the corner down this very long line, these folks arriving between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. their estimated wait up to four hours. >> estimated wait four hours. some voters waiting twice that long. this is not how we expect elections to work in a country that is supposedly the beacon of light for the world, right? not historically, not for regular folks. certainly not for 102 retired ladies. and after he ho
very slow-moving day. >> let us vote! let us vote! let us vote! >> i've been waiting here since 12:30 to pick up an absentee ballot, and now they're telling us we've got to go home. that's just ridiculous. >> i'm not leaving. this is democracy. whoever you vote for, you should vote. >> this is not cuba. this is not china. we cannot allow this to happen. >> i have not seen a line this long in a very long time. >> these voters arrived around 7:30 this morning....
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stay with us. we had never used a contractor before and didn't know where to start. at angie's list, you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. no company can pay to be on angie's list, so you can trust what you're reading. angie's list is like having thousands of close neighbors where i can go ask for personal recommendations. that's the idea. before you have any work done, check angie's list. from roofers to plumbers to dentists and more, angie's list -- reviews you can trust. i love you, angie. sorry, honey. and you'll dump your old broom. but don't worry, he'll find someone else. ♪ who's that lady? ♪ who's that lady? ♪ sexy lady ♪ who's that lady? [ female announcer ] swiffer sweeper's electrostatic dry cloths attract and lock dirt, dust, and hair on contact to clean 50% more than a broom. it's a difference you can feel. swiffer gives cleaning a whole new meaning. and now swiffer wet and dry refills are available with the fresh scent of gain. >>> happy election eve. in the first election for federal o
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since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold packages at any fedex office location. hey do you wanna get a drink later? try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. clamp. glitter. [ male announcer ] staples makes it easier to get everything your business needs. even custom banners. and now get 50% off banners and posters. staples. that was easy. olay ultra moisture body wash can with more moisturizers than seven bottles of the leading body wash. with ultra moisture your body wash i
since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold packages at any fedex office location. hey do you wanna get a drink later? try running four.ning a restaurant is hard,...
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that's exclusive to us, by the way. i don't think anybody else has reported that mayors against illegal guns are doing that but they are. today in danbury, connecticut the parents of yet another child killed at sandy hook, chris mcdonnell and lynn mcdonnell, whose daughter grace was among those killed, told a gun violence forum at western connecticut state university that something has to be done. >> we ask that our representatives look into their hearts and remember the 26 beautiful lives that we lost and pass meaningful laws that will help prevent this from happening again. we owe it to our children, and i owe it to my daughter, grace. [ applause ] >> that same event today in connecticut was also attended by this man, vice president joe biden, who was there to make the case for the white house's proposals on gun reform. he told patricia maisch's story, of what stopped the massacre in tucson, in order to help make that case today. >> if the shooter in tucson had a 10-round magazine instead of a 30-round magazine, the l
that's exclusive to us, by the way. i don't think anybody else has reported that mayors against illegal guns are doing that but they are. today in danbury, connecticut the parents of yet another child killed at sandy hook, chris mcdonnell and lynn mcdonnell, whose daughter grace was among those killed, told a gun violence forum at western connecticut state university that something has to be done. >> we ask that our representatives look into their hearts and remember the 26 beautiful...
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stay with us. so, this board gives me rates for progressive direct and other car insurance companies? yes. but you're progressive, and they're them. yes. but they're here. yes. are you...? there? yes. no. are you them? i'm me. but those rates are for... them. so them are here. yes! you want to run through it again? no, i'm good. you got it? yes. rates for us and them -- now that's progressive. call or click today. okay why? more is better than less because if stuff is not le-- if there is more less stuff then you might want to have some more and your parents just don't let you because there's only a little bit. right. we want more, we want more. like you really like it, you want more. right. i follow you. [ male announcer ] it's not complicated. more is better. and at&t has the nation's largest 4g network. ♪ >>> happy election eve. in the first election for federal office since we picked a president, vote willing begin tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. this will be the primary for the congressional seat that
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now buzzfeed has given us the sequel. now we must all admit that there is another thing that is terrible for traffic, a thing that i will not say outloud for fear that you will turn off this television show if i do. it is the thing going on in washington right now that is a crisis, a self-inflicted preplanned crisis that the white house and congress agreed ahead of time to inflict on themselves and on the country. it turns out it is the 2013 equivalent of a baby picture of mitt romney in 2012. awww, yeah, not interesting. the pugh researcher for the people in the press did a big research poll where they asked people what they're paying attention to in the news. it turns out that self-inflicted crises in washington aren't what they used to. they compared crises in the first big fight over the debt ceiling that president obama had with congress in the summer of 2011. they found half the country was paying a lot of attention to that crisis. compare that to the number of people paying attention to this crisis, which substanti
now buzzfeed has given us the sequel. now we must all admit that there is another thing that is terrible for traffic, a thing that i will not say outloud for fear that you will turn off this television show if i do. it is the thing going on in washington right now that is a crisis, a self-inflicted preplanned crisis that the white house and congress agreed ahead of time to inflict on themselves and on the country. it turns out it is the 2013 equivalent of a baby picture of mitt romney in 2012....
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and that brings us to today. just about an hour ago, vice president joe biden attended the house democrats retreat in virginia. the topic he came to discuss? gun violence. and here is part of what he had to say. >> when people tell me that you can't prevent these kinds of occurrences, that doesn't mean we can't do something to god forbid if it happens again diminish the carnage. it matters. it matters. folks, you agree with me i'm sure. enough is enough is enough. we have to stand up. >> the common wisdom that nothing can be done on guns in this country is based on the premise that what happened in the past will happen again. it's based on the fact that in the past nothing has been done. the common wisdom is that nothing can be done, period. yes, this is awful. we feel bad about it in the moment. but you wait long enough, which is not very long, and we'll forget about it, go back to normal and stop talking about it. that is not happening this time. it is known and understood not just by the pro-gun side, but also
and that brings us to today. just about an hour ago, vice president joe biden attended the house democrats retreat in virginia. the topic he came to discuss? gun violence. and here is part of what he had to say. >> when people tell me that you can't prevent these kinds of occurrences, that doesn't mean we can't do something to god forbid if it happens again diminish the carnage. it matters. it matters. folks, you agree with me i'm sure. enough is enough is enough. we have to stand up....
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and, you know, us ask them what we can do to help you do something about this and help us get some change here. so they were very nice and open to what we were say, and they listened to us, and very sympathetic for the circumstances that were at hand. >> carlee, when you were having the meetings today, did you get the sense they were going to do anything? honestly? >> honestly, i think that they're going to try. i feel like after listening to our stories and after seeing the pictures of our sibling, of one of the little boys in vicki's room, jesse, and just seeing the photos kind of made it real for them. and i think that after talking to us maybe it kind of sunk is in that something really does need to change, that it wasn't just a newtown family. there was other families there that were -- are asking for a change also. >> carlos matthew, you're still in high school? >> yes. >> one of the things being put up for a vet on thursday, i was talking with your senator about this is the idea of letting more -- more security resources for schools that want it. so if schools want more cops or mor
and, you know, us ask them what we can do to help you do something about this and help us get some change here. so they were very nice and open to what we were say, and they listened to us, and very sympathetic for the circumstances that were at hand. >> carlee, when you were having the meetings today, did you get the sense they were going to do anything? honestly? >> honestly, i think that they're going to try. i feel like after listening to our stories and after seeing the...
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that does it for us. we'll see you back here monday, monday night for the premier of the documentary, "hubris, the selling of the iraq war".
that does it for us. we'll see you back here monday, monday night for the premier of the documentary, "hubris, the selling of the iraq war".
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and you can follow us on twitter. it's @msnbcyourbiz. >>> and next week, it all started with two mothers who helped their daughters decorate their lockers. >> on the first day of school the phones started ringing with other parents saying where did you get that stuff? great, now you've done it. now my daughter wants it. >> today they've got national distribution, factories in china, and millions in sales. next week find out how they did it step by step. until them, i'm j.j. ramberg. and, remember, we make your business our business. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> after the last mid term elections in 2010, the one where the republicans did so well, after those mid terms, the first major special el
and you can follow us on twitter. it's @msnbcyourbiz. >>> and next week, it all started with two mothers who helped their daughters decorate their lockers. >> on the first day of school the phones started ringing with other parents saying where did you get that stuff? great, now you've done it. now my daughter wants it. >> today they've got national distribution, factories in china, and millions in sales. next week find out how they did it step by step. until them, i'm j.j....
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joining us now is james heckman. he's a nobel prize winner and professor of economics at the university of chicago. he is an advocate for the idea that you can increase equality by investing more in very little kids. professor heckman, thank you so much for being here tonight. >> it's my pleasure to be here. >> in the states that have the kind of program that the president is calling for, are there any lessons to be learned? clear lessons about what works and what doesn't work, what might be extrapolatable to a larger platform or to other states. >> well, it's not just a question of these particular states, although they're models and they provide an example. but there are many programs that have been evaluated for many, many years where we can see what the economic and social benefits are of these programs. and so i think it's important to draw lessons from a broader portfolio of policies that have been implemented. >> what is -- what explains or what is it about these programs that is so economically beneficial? wh
joining us now is james heckman. he's a nobel prize winner and professor of economics at the university of chicago. he is an advocate for the idea that you can increase equality by investing more in very little kids. professor heckman, thank you so much for being here tonight. >> it's my pleasure to be here. >> in the states that have the kind of program that the president is calling for, are there any lessons to be learned? clear lessons about what works and what doesn't work, what...
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is this in any sense normal for us? has our country ever been run this way before for a significant amount of time? joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc presidential historian and author of nine books on politics and political figures. great to see you. >> good to see you, rachel, of course. >> the last question there, does this happen at other times in american history where the president and the congress function this way? >> not quite like this. you know, this was james madison's idea, that you would have a presidency and a congress opposing each other. that way no one would get too much power. but if madison came back tonight, i think he would tear out what little hair he had. and the reason is that you saw someone like andrew jackson or harry truman campaigning against congress well and good. but it's only in recent years that you've had this almost nuclear game of chicken that we're seeing now and we also saw in 1995 with bill clinton and newt gingrich. and i think one dangerous thing about right now is that o
is this in any sense normal for us? has our country ever been run this way before for a significant amount of time? joining us now is michael beschloss, nbc presidential historian and author of nine books on politics and political figures. great to see you. >> good to see you, rachel, of course. >> the last question there, does this happen at other times in american history where the president and the congress function this way? >> not quite like this. you know, this was james...